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Ed Tech as an Election Issue

Urging the presidential candidates to make K-12 student access to education technology and modern learning environments a top national priority, leading education association have launched a public service announcement campaign titled One Giant Leap for Kids.

Abundant Resources in NECC Ning

NECC is hosting a Ning, a social networking site designed to inform educators about the conference and to provide an experience with this web 2.0 technology.

A Rural County Plans for Broadband

Rural areas are among the last to get affordable broadband, an essential tool for schools and business. In Carter County, TN,  at the foothills of the Appalachians, a proactive community is working to put the resource in place.

25 years of 21st Century Skills

Destination Imagination recently celebrated its 25th anniversary of encouraging the 21st Century skills of creative thinking, teamwork, self confidence, mutual respect, research, innovation and leadership.

Using Data Well

“Data can be used as a hammer or a flashlight,” says Dr. Laura Schwalm, superintendent of the award-winning Garden Grove Unified School District in Southern California.

NASA Engineering Challenges for Your Classroom

New offerings from NASA help students to learn about thermal protection systems, thrust structures and defining what defines a planet

Social Networking for the Little Guy

A new, free offering from Google allows small web sites to easily add social networking features.

Get Paid for Your Curriculum

Curriki, the free curriculum wiki, is paying contributors to grow their content this summer.

Court Upholds School Cell Phone Ban

New York City Public schools have been battling a ban on cell phones since 2005.  Entering a new chapter of that controversy, the state Appellate Court has ruled that the Department of Education has the right to enforce the ban.

Value of Math Word Problems Questioned

Abstract equations may be the best way to learn math, and the familiar word problems of traveling trains or Sally's apples might be mere distraction.
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